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Cerebral injury in monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction: a systematic review. 2014

M J Inklaar, and J M M van Klink, and T T Stolk, and E W van Zwet, and D Oepkes, and E Lopriore
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

OBJECTIVE To estimate incidence and risk factors of severe cerebral injury in survivors from monochorionic pregnancies with selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR) and/or birth weight discordance (BWD). METHODS Electronic databases were searched for studies describing perinatal and neurologic outcome in monochorionic twins with sIUGR and/or BWD. Exclusion criteria were twin-twin transfusion syndrome, twin anemia-polycythemia sequence, selective feticide or laser treatment. RESULTS Eleven articles were included in the systematic review. Analysis was hampered by different methodology and definitions of cerebral injury. The incidence of severe cerebral injury varied from 0% to 33% (average 8%, 52/661), and was higher in studies including single intrauterine demise [odds ratio (OR) 2.92; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.89-9.56] and studies with a median gestational age at birth of ≤32 weeks (OR 1.56; 95% CI 1.06-2.27). The risk of severe cerebral injury was higher in pregnancies with abnormal umbilical artery Doppler (13.5% vs 2.5%; OR 7.69; 95% CI 2.56-25.00) and in larger twins (9% vs 5%; OR 1.93; 95% CI 0.95-3.92). CONCLUSIONS The incidence of severe cerebral injury in monochorionic twins with sIUGR and/or BWD is approximately 8% and is associated with abnormal umbilical artery Doppler, larger twins, intrauterine fetal demise and low gestational age at birth.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D001724 Birth Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Birthweight,Birth Weights,Birthweights,Weight, Birth,Weights, Birth
D001930 Brain Injuries Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits. Brain Lacerations,Acute Brain Injuries,Brain Injuries, Acute,Brain Injuries, Focal,Focal Brain Injuries,Injuries, Acute Brain,Injuries, Brain,Acute Brain Injury,Brain Injury,Brain Injury, Acute,Brain Injury, Focal,Brain Laceration,Focal Brain Injury,Injuries, Focal Brain,Injury, Acute Brain,Injury, Brain,Injury, Focal Brain,Laceration, Brain,Lacerations, Brain
D005260 Female Females
D005317 Fetal Growth Retardation Failure of a FETUS to attain expected GROWTH. Growth Retardation, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Growth Retardation,Fetal Growth Restriction,Intrauterine Growth Restriction
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D014430 Twins, Monozygotic Two off-spring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from a single fertilized OVUM that split into two EMBRYOS. Such twins are usually genetically identical and of the same sex. Twins, Identical,Identical Twin,Identical Twins,Monozygotic Twin,Monozygotic Twins,Twin, Identical,Twin, Monozygotic
D015994 Incidence The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time. Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates

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